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S.M. Mack is a Clarion 2012 grad and holds an MFA in popular fiction from USM Stonecoast as well as first place for the 2017 Katherine Patterson Prize for Young Adult Writing. Her prize-winning story, “The Carrying Beam,” was published in the VCFA’s Journal for the Arts, Hunger Mountain. Other stories have been published in Fireside Fiction and Vine Leaves Literary Journal’s “Best of 2015” anthology, as well as the Clarion class of 2012’s seven Rainbow Anthologies. She lives in southern California and can be found on Bsky at @whatsmacksaid.bsky.social and Instagram at @what_smacksaid.

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	The Art of Deduction by Hannah Rogers (Goodreads Author), Steve Emecz (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Martin Shone (Contributor) 4.12 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Valley Blooms (Neon Hemlock Novella) 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Villains & Vengeance: A Sirens Benefit Anthology by Natalie J. Case (Goodreads Author) (Editor), J.S. Artz (Goodreads Author), C.G. Aubrey it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of Vine Leaves Literary Journal 2015 by Jessica Bell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dawn Ius (Goodreads Author) (Editor), M.M. Adjarian (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

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“Never assume. Never make plans. Keep doing the press-ups and deep knee bends: you'll need all your strength and flexibility when your life suddenly implodes. Maybe it won't — some people do lead enchanted lives — but odds are that it will. Some time.”
― Robin McKinley

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“So, what do you do when you know you have two days to live? Eat an entire Bitter Chocolate Death cake all by myself. Reread my favorite novel. Buy eight dozen roses from the best florist in town--the super expensive ones, the ones that smell like roses rather than merely looking like them--and put them all over my apartment. Take a good long look at everyone I love.”
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